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Padre Island National SeashoreHatchlings are about two inches in length, more or less, depending on their species.
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Padre Island National Seashore
Field Research
 

Follow the links to detailed information about the following fields of research conducted by the Sea Turtle Science and Recovery Division:

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Results of experimental efforts to establish a secondary nesting colony of Kemp's ridley turtles at Padre Island National Seashore, TX and associated conservation and research.

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"Movements and Home Ranges of Adult Male Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) in the Gulf of Mexico Investigated by Satellite Telemetry"

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Investigate size, growth, sex ratios, relative abundance, seasonality, residency, and long-distance and long-term movements of green turtles in the Mansfield Channel, TX. Click this hyperlink to view the PDF file of the paper

 

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Sea turtle strandings and salvage for the Texas Coast and associated research

 

Sea Turtle Research and Monitoring Partners

National Park Service (Padre Island National Seashore)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
NOAA Fisheries (formerly National Marine Fisheries Service)
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Shell Oil Foundation
National Park Foundation
Unilever HPC-USA
HEART/Sea Turtle Restoration Project
University of Texas

Texas Master Naturalists

Texas General Land Office
University of Charleston
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Texas A&M University
Norcross Wildlife Foundation
Western National Parks Association
U.S. Coast Guard
Forever Resorts
Seaspace

H.E.B.

Procuraduria Federal de Proteccion al Ambiente (PROFEPA)
Gladys Porter Zoo
Sea Turtle, Inc.

Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas-SEDUE

Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT)

Camara Nacional de la Industria Pasquera (CANAIPES)

Comision Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP)

Secretaria de Obras Publicas Desarrollo Urbano y Ecologia (SOPDUE)

Zoologico de Tamatan

The National Park Service arrowhead contains a white buffalo, an animal sacred to many native Americans.  

Did You Know?
Although Padre Nicolas Balli established the first permanent settlement on the island, the island was previously owned by his father and his grandfather, who obtained the original grant from the Spanish crown.
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Last Updated: June 07, 2006 at 13:41 EST